Cakestand display cabinet idea crashes and burns!

I am rarely wrong...

Just ask me... I'll tell you!

But when I decided to trade off my kitchen dining set for a cabinet

to display most of my cake stand collection, I believed I was doing

the right thing. I mean the kitchen table was too big for the corner,

we weren't using it and I really, really wanted a cabinet for my cake

stands. So I sold the dining set and got excited about trying my luck

at refinishing a cabinet I thought would look amazing in my kitchen!

But the longer I lived with it the more the rustica of it all began to

make that part of me that insists on order and straight lines twitch!

 And not in a good way!

While we're on the subject... As happy as I

am with my decision to add a pot rack

Last weekend when I was asked if I wanted to throw the shelves

into the pile destined for Goodwill, I realized I was really, really

missing my collection of Martha entertaining and recipe books!

Then there's the matter of where my kitchen Christmas tree would go...

Not to mention my Easter tree!

And then there's the matter of this!

It's my linen press. Where inside, every drawer is overflowing...

With my kitchen table placemat...

And table runner collection!

Which seems silly when you no longer own a kitchen table! So since I resold

the display cabinet last week I decided to do a little on-line shopping for a

new kitchen dining set. I wanted a smaller table, and of course, something

white! I also wanted to spend a bit wiser since although I sold the set I had

for $650, it was still $575 less than I paid for it. So where does one shop

for awesome bargains in their pajamas at midnight? Craigslist, of course!

Squeeeee! I couldn't believe it when I saw it!

 It was offered for sale by a sweet couple in Oak Ridge who moved it here from

Fullerton for their daughter who was supposed to relocate with them...

However, now that their daughter has decided to stay in California,

the couple has decided to pack up and leave North Carolina too!

Fortunately, everyone agreed the dining set should stay in North

Carolina with me! Best of all, while the table is smaller, it has a

leaf and extra chairs, which will come in handy when I throw

another gathering and need an extra spot for drinks or desserts!

As for spending wiser... Only $125. No, really! And, look!! Martha

made it back on my wall too! But what about my cake stands?

Well, I decided to liquidate my Jadeite collection to make room

for it in my kitchen cabinets. The extra thousand dollars I made

over what I paid for the collection, plus the fact that my cake

stands are easy to reach has magically cured the twitching!

I must tell you... Being wrong slightly confused about

what I wanted has never worked out better for me!

Or for Leo!